Über seafood lovers can indulge in the Chilled Seafood Platter for Two (jumbo shrimp, oysters, spicy scallops, spicy tuna poke, king crab leg market price).With a stay at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula (Wolf Creek), you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Temecula Creek Inn Golf Course and Old Town Temecula Community Theater.

There’s sushi, too, including locally themed rolls like the gluten-free Pechanga (yellowtail, jalapeño, avocado, red onions, tuna, spicy aioli, cilantro $20) and the Temecula Fire (avocado, crab, cucumber, spicy tuna, eel sauce, spicy aioli $18). Under small plates, there are oyster shooters ($16), pan-seared scallops ($22) and salmon carpaccio ($17). Open starting at 5 p.m., Umi - which means “sea” in Japanese - is a seafood lover’s dream. During our recent stay, I tried to get a seat twice but failed. Located just off the entrance to the casino floor, it’s the destination of choice for many casino-goers at night (it has that chic, clubby vibe). That popularity is what led the casino to expand the restaurant’s footprint last year. So we loaded up the dogs into the RV and chose Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula as our destination - the RV resort, not the hotel.Īcross from Blends is Umi Sushi & Oyster, which has been a popular dining spot since joining Pechanga’s dining roster in 2015.

My partner and I wanted to get away but didn’t want to venture out too far. “The continued pace of the RV industry has been remarkable, especially considering we’ve faced record-inflation, economic uncertainty, high interest rates, geopolitical unrest and ongoing supply chain issues.”ĭuring a recent three-day holiday weekend, that popularity was on full display. Kirby, president and CEO of the RV Industry Association, wrote in the group’s 2022 annual report. “The RV industry shipped over 492,000 in 2022, the third-best year on record for RV shipments,” Craig A. Whether you call it camping or glamping, RVs are proving to still be quite popular despite the economic downturn. RVs gave them a way to enjoy the outdoors. The popularity of RVs soared at the start of the pandemic as people - from retired boomers to adventure-seeking millennials to Gen-Z influencers - grew tired of staying home. That’s why they’ve continued to pump money into their resorts, enticing RV travelers with enhanced amenities. In the last decade, casinos have bet big on a new kind of clientele: the RV crowd.

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